Intervention and Aid

Question 1

What is development aid?

Answer 1

financial aid given to developing countries to support development by governments, IGOs and NGOs

Question 2

What are trade embargos?

Answer 2

government or international ban that restricts trade with a country

Question 3

What is military aid?

Answer 3

money, weapons, equipment or expertise given to a country to protect borders, fight terrorism or combat crime

Question 4

Which country is the largest provider of military aid?

Answer 4

USA

Question 5

How much aid was denied and held back from Egypt by the USA ?

Answer 5

$100 million denied and $195 million withheld

Question 6

Why did the USA cut aid to Egypt?

Answer 6

made conditional on improvements to democracy and human rights

Question 7

What can the political elite do with development aid?

Answer 7

Use it to buy elections, build military and enrich themselves

Question 8

Example of corrupt country which recieves development aid?

Answer 8

Somalia is the most corrupt country on the corruption index and yet still recieves £128 million in development aid per year

Question 9

Has development aid helped Haiti?

Answer 9

No;

1. 2000-2015 GDP increased only by 25%

Question 10

How much of Haiti’s emergency aid reached Haitians?

Answer 10

A small amount with only 2% going to Haitian NGOs

Question 11

Two examples of how Haiti is dependent on development aid?

Answer 11

1. 70% of health care provided by aid

2. aid provides 85% of schooling

Question 12

How much aid did the EU provide in response to the ebola crisis?

Answer 12

US$2.25 billion

Question 13

Breakdown of the EUs ebola aid

Answer 13

8% short term, 28% research and 64% development

Question 14

What did the WHO do in response to ebola?

Answer 14

Declared a state of emergency and sent teams

Question 15

What did individual countries do for the ebola epidemic?

Answer 15

Built treatment centres

Question 16

What is the aim of Christian aid?

Answer 16

empower citizens by supporting communities

Question 17

Who did Christian aid work with after the Haitian earthquake?

Answer 17

parnters in rural areas such as GRAMIR

Question 18

What did Christian aid do after the Haitian earthquake?

Answer 18

provided 10,000 hygiene kits and helped 7,000 families get clean water. since constructed 550 earthquake proof homes and trained 35,000 in disaster relief

Question 19

How many people did Christian aid reach after the Haiti earthquake?

Answer 19

180,000

Question 20

What are the motives behind aid? (3)

Answer 20

1. accessing resources
2. political support
3. developing military alliances

Question 21

Example of accessing resources as a motiviation for giving aid?

Answer 21

China had funded developement in sub saharan Africa eg. Tazara rail link between Zambia and Tanzanian for copper mining

Question 22

Two examples of when aid was given for political support?

Answer 22

1. India wants permanent UN seat so targets FDI at countries which may support them
2. Germany also wants UN seat and has sought support from countries such as Kenya, Angola and Nigeria (develop HEP plants in Nigeria)

Question 23

example of when developing military alliances was a motivation for giving aid

Answer 23

Jordan recieves $750 million for military support against IS. Jordan carries out air strikes, allows use of its military bases by overseas forces and shares intelligence

Question 24

How much aid does Colombia recieve from the USA?

Answer 24

$10 billion in military aid

Question 25

Why is US military aid going to Colombia problematic?

Answer 25

Widely reported human rights abuses by military forces

Question 26

Why does the US claim to give military aid to Colombia?

Answer 26

Argues it helps to fight crim and keep the peace, claims it is conditional on human rights

Question 27

how much of Colombias aid from the US is withheld if human rights conditions not met?

Answer 27

25% (Amnesty International)